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Student beliefs about learning: New Zealand students in Year 11. (The scholarship of teaching and learning).

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| March 22, 2002 | Brown, Gavin T.L. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

Learning requires intention and strategy on the part of a student. Deep intentions and methods are to do with transformation of knowledge for personal satisfaction while surface ones focus on accurate reproduction, often with the purpose of achieving desired grades in assessment. The beliefs about learning of over 700 15-year-old New Zealand secondary students were examined with multiple techniques (i.e., open and closed response survey questions and semi-structured focus groups). Students were found to exhibit strong `mini-max' beliefs involving the surface reproduction of taught material in order to maximise achievement in end of year, high-stakes ...

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